呼啸山庄和简爱中仆人的作用和特点 英语专业毕业论文.docVIP

《呼啸山庄》和《简爱》中仆人的作用和特点 Abstract(English)………………………………………………………….i Abstract(Chinese)…………………………………………………………ii Chapter 1 Introduction………………………………………………….....1 Chapter 2 The Roles of Servants…………………………………………8 Chapter 3 The Characteristics of Servants.…………………….……27 Chapter 4 Emily and Charlotte’s Presentation of Servants..……………46 Chapter 5 Conclusion………………………………………………….……51 Bibliography…………………………………………………………...........53i Abstract In 1847,with the publication of Wuthering Heights,Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre,three Bronte sisters caused great curiosity of the readers and critics,especially Emily Bronte,the authoress of Wuthering Heights,and Charlotte Bronte,the authoress of Jane Eyre.Jane’s struggle for independence and her romantic love with Rochester and the passionate and controversial love between Catherine and Heathcliff have been reviewed for more than 100 years.Many critics have made tremendous contributions to criticism of the sources of the novels,their narrative styles and creating motivations as well as the analysis of the protagonists.This thesis,however,focuses on the roles and characteristics of servants in these two novels.Even though servants are minor characters,it doesn’t follow that they play no roles and have no characteristic and therefore can be neglected.Although two novels tell quite different stories,readers can easily find some interesting and controversial images of the servants who are inseparable from the development of the protagonists and the whole stories.When they are confronted with the changeable fate of the protagonists, especially when there is the lacking of the image of the mother,they participate in the actions,even intending to influence the protagonists’judgment and showing their inborn conscience;some become totally callous and help to exacerbate the tragedy of the protagonists.But employed,dependent and fundamentally confined in a low social position in patriarchal society in which men are supreme,they cannot understand the exterior an